Strategic Plan Report: Community for Children 2021-2026 Analysis

This report presents an analysis of the Community for Children (CFC) Strategic Plan for the period of 2021-2026. The report begins with an introduction to CFC, emphasizing its role in supporting disadvantaged children and families through various services. The methodology section outlines the research types (qualitative and quantitative) and data collection methods employed, including primary and secondary sources. The report then provides a profile of CFC, detailing its activities such as literacy programs, home visits, and community events. A review of CFC services from 2014 to 2020 is presented, highlighting the plan's focus areas, data summaries, and client demographics. The report further discusses the funding sources and service landscape, including the various programs and resources used to improve the lives of disadvantaged children. Community consultation methods and recommendations for future strategies are also discussed. The report concludes with a list of references.

Community Strategic Plan 2021
2026

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
METHODOLOGY..........................................................................................................................3
Research type...............................................................................................................................3
Data collection.............................................................................................................................3
Community for children profile...................................................................................................3
Review of communities for children services 2014-2020...........................................................3
Summary of Communities for children data ...............................................................................4
Summary of Communities for children clients............................................................................4
Review of Communities for children funded services.................................................................5
Service landscape.........................................................................................................................5
Community consultation..............................................................................................................5
RECOMMENDATIONS.................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Communities for children, an effective strategy that works for meeting needs of
individual communities and creating capability within local service system (Lin and et.al., 2018).
This present study is going to discuss services provided by CFC and effective strategic plan for
2021-2026. It will further discuss clients of CFC and organizations from which it takes fund and
perform all activities.
METHODOLOGY
Research type
There are 2 types of research such as qualitative and quantitative. In qualitative types,
non-numerical data are being gathered. Whereas, in quantitative type of research, numerical data
are being gathered (Aspers and Corte, 2019). For this study both numerical and non-numerical
data have been gathered related to Community for children.
Data collection
As like research type, data collection is also being categorized into 2 part such as primary
and secondary. In primary data collection, all first-hand data are being gathered with the help of
questionnaire, survey and others. On the other hand, in secondary type of data collection, second-
hand data are being gathered that have already been published. For this study, secondary data has
been collected by books and journals and articles.
Community for children profile
Community for children is an important and effective strategy that works for building or
encouraging community environments for disadvantaged children. It is an important part of
family support program. There are some services or activities that are being performed under this
strategy by local government and local non-government organizations. Literacy and early
learning program, home visiting, child nutrition, community events for celebrating importance of
children (Trott, 2019).
Review of communities for children services 2014-2020
In regard to overall aim of Communities for Children it can be said that it wants to
improve the lifetime well-being of people and families in Australia. It is stated that CFS is one of
4 streams of stronger families and communities strategy. In the year of 2004-08, it allocated
around $110 for 35 disadvantaged communities and in 2013-2014 it invested around 119.610$m

2014-2020 strategic plan of Communities for Children. Total 125 actions of the plan have been
structured which focus on:
 Ensuring basic condition for educating children in the family environment.
 Preventing violence, exploitation of children and promoting non-violent practices in
children's upbringing.
 Recognizing professional life or background of family for ensuring child's harmonious
development.
Some areas that have been focused the most in last 6 years was: water supply, hygiene,
sanitation, nutrition in humanitarian situations. Some other areas: education, early learning, child
protection, social inclusion and gender equality (Administration for Communities for Children
Under the Family Support Program, 2013).
In the year of 2019-2020, all CFC FP supported to around 11,654 children aged of 0-12 years
196 children of 13-17 years and around 4.016 to adults and 1240 community professionals.
Summary of Communities for children data
Communities for children strategy plays an important role in improving overall quality
and lives of families and children. It is stated that several programs and activities helped many of
children in improving their lives. It is found that only fewer children are now living in a jobless
house, parents have become more responsible as they provide attention to their children.
On the basis of all data and services provided within 2014-2020 year, come services and
strategies can be suggested for 2021-2026 plan of CFC. It can be said on the basis of above data
that CFC mainly focused on educating children and providing healthcare access to them
(Nahmias and et.al., 2019).
The focus should be now given to family involvement as by involving families in
discussion and all programs they can be made aware about all problems and ways of preventing
themselves against diseases.
Summary of Communities for children clients.
Main clients ton whom it supports the most and work for are: Children, families and
youth living in under resources communities. It became difficult for communities in deciding
how to help them out in Covid-19 situation. With effective strategies suggested by South Ward
Promise Neighbourhood Partner agencies it improved client communication as well as service
provision. They started working for all children and their families who got affected and deal with

sickness. Phone calls, video calls, email and text messaging became mode of communication and
help.
Review of Communities for children funded services
For providing services to general people and working for society is not an easy task as
there is requirement of having people who can work voluntarily as well as organizations that can
fund to institutions. Community for children strategy is funded mainly by the department of
social services, Australian government. With the help of funding, all institutions under this
strategy, services have been provided in around 52 communities including Australia.
The Smith family is known as facilitating partner in 9 CFC FP sites throughout
Australia. The main role of these supporting funding providers to Community for children is to
improve systematic linkage as well as facilitating programs for helping out children in education,
employment outcomes and social connections. With the help of both funding providers, CFC
influenced community direction and achieved program outcomes. It also made able in leveraging
communities' unique assets (Communities for Children, 2020).
All nine CFC FP sites are in the Northern territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western
Australia and New South Wales.
Service landscape
Some services and resources that are being used in order to improve lives of
disadvantaged children and people such as: adult education programs, housing authorities, early
intervention services, community mental health clinics, social service agencies and adult
education program. All these programs and authorities offer recreation program, summer
learning and after school. It also works for making neighbourhood safe and drug free, it
encourages development of business school partnerships for creating school to work programs
(Connect Families to Community Based Services and Resources, 2019).
Other services under this strategy include: programs to support parent involvement in
early literacy with their child and other services for families in order to help them out in finding
affordable housing.
Community consultation
There are several other services that are being offered by this strategy such as: childhood
mental health consultation, health assistance to families and children affected with diseases and
job assistance programs. There are some websites have been developed in order to provide

consultancy to all clients of CFC such as: Halton children in care council website. In this
consultancy, social workers and managers play an important role as they make use of supervision
for considering issues related to the voice of the child in ongoing cases. They review various
methodologies on regular basis for knowing whether children's views have been sought or not.
RECOMMENDATIONS
On the basis of above discussed data and services that CFC provides to children and
families it can be suggested that it should focus on communication modes. It is important to
communicate with such people when situations are not under control such as: Covid-19. By
developing official websites from where people can take help, it can save time and makes them
feel valued. It is also important for CFC of being sensitive to its clients' emotions and feelings.
Because of disease and lack of accommodation, people become frustrated and irritated so,
understanding their behaviour is the main key of success. Making them feel valued is important
for improving their overall quality. In addition, it can also be suggested that it should focus on
finding partners that can help out in performing functions. It works to the wide area so, it
requires skilled workers who can understand feelings of disadvantaged children and families. So.
By doing these, it can accomplish its all goals and the main vision of developing strategy
(Rodrigues and Groves, H., 2018). Validating sizing them up: a parent-proxy weight-related
quality-of-life measure, with community-based children.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Aspers, P. and Corte, U., 2019. What is qualitative in qualitative research. Qualitative sociology.
42(2). pp.139-160.
Cole, A.P. and Trinh, Q.D., 2017. Secondary data analysis: techniques for comparing
interventions and their limitations.Current opinion in urology. 27(4). pp.354-359.
Lin, Y.C. and et.al., 2018. Validating sizing them up: a parent-proxy weight-related quality-of-
life measure, with community-based children.International Journal of Clinical and
Health Psychology. 18(1). pp.81-89.
Nahmias, A.S. and et.al., 2019. Effectiveness of community‐based early intervention for children
with autism spectrum disorder: a meta‐analysis. Journal of Child Psychology and
Psychiatry. 60(11). pp.1200-1209.
Rodrigues, C.M.C. and Groves, H., 2018. Community-acquired pneumonia in children: the
challenges of microbiological diagnosis. Journal of clinical microbiology. 56(3).
Trott, C.D., 2019. Reshaping our world: Collaborating with children for community-based
climate change action. Action Research. 17(1). pp.42-62.
Online
Administration for Communities for Children Under the Family Support Program. 2013
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<https://www.anao.gov.au/work/performance-audit/administration-communities-children-under-
family-support-program>
Communities for Children. 2020. [Online]. Available through:
<https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/programs/community/communities-for-
children>
Connect Families to Community Based Services and Resources. 2019. [Online].
Available through:
<https://extension.psu.edu/programs/betterkidcare/news/2017/connect-families>